Joint Instruction of the Ministry of Finance No. 04-03-05/510 and of the State Tax Committee No. 12/3-5427 regarding water charges. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Water charges Contract/agreement Irrigation Smallholders/peasants Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Joint Instruction establishes that in case of lease of edifices and constructions to enterprises, institutions and organizations water charges shall be paid by lessors in accordance with water supply contracts concluded with state water supplying organization. The aforesaid modalities shall not be applicable to legal persons that are lessees of edifices and constructions pertaining to state property. The aforesaid lessees shall pay water charges autonomously to the state budget. In calculating water charges agricultural enterprises shall not calculate average water consumption per one hectare of irrigated land by farms and peasant households for the total agricultural land area. Natural persons using water resources for individual entrepreneurial activity shall be exonerated from payment of water charges. Full text Russian Website pravo.uz